TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cliff,Nigel
AU  - Cliff,Nigel
TI  - The last crusade: the epic voyages of Vasco da Gama 
SN  - 9781848870185
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Atlantik Book
KW  - Gama, Vasco da,
KW  - East and West
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Islam
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Africa
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Portuguese
KW  - India
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [512]-526) and index
N2  - In 1498 a young captain named Vasco da Gama sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies and, with it, access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage ever undertaken at that time. With blood-red Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails, the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East in an era when the old hostilities between Christianity and Islam had risen to a new level of intensity. In two voyages that spanned six years, da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents
ER  -